1. Welcome to the Studio! Visual Arts A -Sign In -Take your folder
-Turn in your questionnaire/self-reflection & signed contract to the basket
-Have a seat in your teams & put your name card up
-Complete the following warmup:
What does an artist “look” like (Literally or symbolically)?

2. TEAM TIME -Glue your logos onto your box -Decide on roles for everyone
-Turn in your Team sheet

3. Unit 1 Overview CONTENT Day 1: Artist Habits PROJECTS
Day 2: The Purposes & Inspirations for Art
Day 3: The Elements of Art
Day 4: The Principles of Design
Day 5: Unit Quiz & Wrap-up
PROJECTS
Day 1: Artist Sketchbook Project
Day 2: Expressive Mixed Media Project
Day 3: Expressive Mixed Media Project
Day 4: Designing an Artwork

4. Taking Inventory
“Started from the bottom now we're here…”

5. Visual Arts Skills CREATIVE SKILLS 1) I can be creative and take risks
2) I can express myself in my art
3) I can plan an art piece from beginning to end
4) I can problem-solve and revise my work until I’m satisfied with it
TECHNICAL SKILLS
6) I can shade and draw realistically
7) I can mix paint and apply it to a canvas using different painting techniques
8) I can draw and print an image using printmaking techniques
9) I can use traditional & non-traditional materials to create mixed media and 3D art
10) I can use watercolor to create art
11) I can make my own sketchbook
12) I can create my own website
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
13) I can think critically about art
14) I can create my own opinions & interpretations about art
15) I can explain how art affects the way we see the world
16) I can explain how art can impact society
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
17) I can discuss art with others
18) I can discuss my own art with others
20) I can discuss the purposes, formal qualities and meaning in my art & the art of others
21) I can discuss my artistic growth and the artistic growth of others in a group setting

6. From this point on…
You are all artists
What does this mean?

7. 8 Artist Habits

8. Artist Habit #1 Developing Craft
Learning to use tools & materials; Learning the practices of an art form

9. Artist Habit #2 Engage & Persist
Learning to take up subjects of personal interest and importance within the art world. Learning to develop focus and other ways of thinking helpful to working and persevering at art tasks

10. Artist Habit #3 Envision
Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, heard or written and to imagine possible next steps in making a piece.

11. Artists help us see the world in new or innovative ways

12. Artist Habit #4 Express
Learning to create works that convey an idea, feeling or personal meaning.

13. Artist Habit #5 Observe
Learning to attend to visual, audible and written contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires; Learning to notice things that otherwise might not be noticed.

14. Artist Habit #6 Reflect
Learning to think and talk with others about one’s work and the process of making it. Learning to judge one’s own and others’ work and processes in relation to the standards of the field.

15. Artist Habit #7 Stretch & Explore
Learning to reach beyond one’s supposed limitations, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes and accidents.

17. Artist Habit #8 Understand Art World
Learning about the history and practice of the art form. Interacting with other artists and the broader arts community.

18. Visual Arts Skills & Artist Habits Inventory
“Started from the bottom now we're here…”

19. Create Your Own Artist Sketchbook The Japanese Stab Binding (Yotsume Toji) Method

20. Yotsume Toji Japanese Stab Binding
Individual Materials Needed (Specifically for our version):
10 pieces of drawing paper
5 pieces of Bristol paper
5 pieces of watercolor paper
5 pieces of colored paper
2 pieces of mixed media paper (cover)
2 medium binder clips
Pencil
Ruler

21. Yotsume Toji Japanese Stab Binding
Group Tools/Materials Needed:
Binder’s awl
Hammer/blunt object
Binder’s needle
Linen thread
Scissors

22. Japanese Stab Binding Method Part I: Preparing Your Pages
Gather your paper and align the edges (align all colored paper to the top short edge and center the colored paper between the longer sides).
Use binder clips to clip your stack of paper at the top & bottom
Holding a ruler from the top down along the left side, measure ½ inch down from the top and lightly make a dot with your pencil. Do the same on the right side.
Place one edge of your ruler through both pencil dots ½ inch from the top (ruler must be parallel to the top edge).
Using your ruler as your guide, make light pencil dots at each inch mark, creating 8 evenly spaced dots on your paper (These dots will be your sewing stations).

23. Japanese Stab Binding Method Part II: Creating Sewing Stations
Use your awl and the force of a hammer or blunt object to create holes in each of your 8 sewing stations (make sure the holes go all the way through and are thick enough to run thread through them front to back or back to front).

24. Japanese Stab Binding Method Part III: Binding Your Book
Cut a 40 inch piece of linen thread, thread your needle & tie a knot at the end. Leave 2 inch tail.
Begin at Station 4 (back cover side). Pull your needle through Station 4. Pull snug.
Wrap your needle around the spine and back through Station 4.
Go through Station 3. Wrap needle around spine and back through Station 3.
Go through Station 2. Wrap needle around spine and back through Station 2.
Go through Station 1. Wrap needle around spine and back through Station 1.
Wrap needle around head to front cover. Go through Station 1.
Go through station 2.
Go through station 3.
Go through station 4.
Go through station 5.
Go through station 6.
Go through station 7.
Go through station 8.
Wrap needle around head to back cover. Go through Station 8.
Wrap needle around spine and back through Station 8.
Go through Station 7. Wrap around spine and back through Station 7.
Go through Station 6. Wrap around spine and back through Station 6.
Go through Station 5. Wrap around spine and back through Station 5.
Make a knot with your remaining thread and the 2 inch tail of the original knot at the back of station 4, connecting the beginning of the thread with the end of the thread. Pull tight to create a straight line connecting station 5 to station 4. Cut excess thread.

25. Japanese Stab Binding Method Part IV: Designing Your Cover
Create an original sketchbook cover using pens, stencils, watercolors & collage!

27. You just created your own original artist sketchbook using the Japanese stab binding method!